Step Outs

ABSTRACT

To my knowledge there is nothing like T-Pak&#39;s Step Outs on the market today. I feel there is a need for this invention because women are limited on what shoes they can wear with long pants. They have to wear a shoe with either a strap on the ankle to keep the heel of the foot from coining up and allowing enough room for the pant leg to make its way under the foot. This causes wrinkling of the bottom of the pant leg and can generally be uncomfortable. It is also a nuisance to have to stop and pull your pant leg out from under your heel.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATIONS

Not Applicable

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

T-Paks Step Outs are for use in fashion.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

T-Paks Step Outs are a foam adhesive that one sticks on the inside backof a pant leg. It keeps the pants from getting stuck between the heel ofyour foot and the insole of your backless shoes.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1A depicts, in actual size, the front view of the invention.

FIG. 2A depicts, in actual size, the back view of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

When I was first deciding what material to make the Step Outs, I thoughtof cardboard. However I figured cardboard would be too stiff and notreusable. One day I was walking through an arts and crafts isle in alocal store and saw rectangular foam sheets (8½ inches by 5½ inches and2 millimeters thick) with peel and stick adhesive backing. I thoughtthey would be perfect for my invention. So, I purchased the stack offoam sheets and began to cut out different shapes and sizes. I thentested them myself with backless heels and long jeans. I triedrectangular, triangle, diamond and half circle. I found the half circleworked the best and was the most comfortable and discrete from theoutside of the pant leg.

The way to reproduce Step Outs is:

You will need one of the foam sheets (8½ inches by 5½ A inches and 2millimeters thick) with adhesive backing, a ruler, scissors and a roundsoup/cereal bowl that has a lip that is approximately 5¾ inchesmeasuring from one side of the bowl to the other. Place the foam sheeton a hard surface so that the one of the 8½ inch sides is horizontal.One of the 8½ inch sides will remain straight and uncut. From one of thebottom corners measure up 2 centimeters on the side of the foam sheetthat is 5½ inches. Draw approximately a 1¼ inch straight horizontalline. Do the same thing on the other side that is 5½ inches. Place yoursoup/cereal bowl upside down onto the foam sheet so that the bowlcreates a half circle on the foam sheet. Trace around the lip of thebowl so that you draw a half circle on the foam sheet. The half circleshould be about 3 inches tall measuring from the straight/uncuthorizontal side of the foam sheet to the top of the half circle. Now cutwith scissors along the lines you have drawn. You now have a foam sheetthat looks like a 2 dimensional profile of a hat. Discard the other halfof the foam sheet.

Directions for use:

Turn your pant leg inside out. Remove the adhesive backing from one ofthe Step Outs. Apply the Step Outs to the bottom of your pant leg whereyour heel will be. The straight and uncut edge of the Step Out will goalong the hem of your pant. The circular part of the Step Out will bepointing towards your calf. Now turn your pant leg back to normal. Dothe same to the other Step Outs and your other pant leg. Put yourbackless shoes on and walk. The Step Outs will keep the bottom of yourpant leg from getting caught between your heel and the insole of theshoe. While the Step Out can be reused and moved to another pair ofpants, Steps Outs will lose some of their ability to adhere to the pantleg. In addition, Step Outs do not work well with flat sandals and flipflops.

1. T-Pak's Step Outs are a peel and stick self adhesive insert that isused to keep the back of pant legs from getting caught between the heelof the foot and the insole of the shoe. It enables a person to wear anypair of long jeans or long pants with any type of backless shoe. T-Pak'sStep Outs can also extend the life of long jeans and long pants keepingthe back hem from coming out and/or fraying. Thus, I am asking thisinvention be patented under the category of Nonprovisional